Volunteer food waste surplus food

Large Scale Food Waste Prevention Grant

Preventing surplus food from becoming waste

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This grant is now closed to applications.
  • Through the Resource Action Fund, this grant provided capital investment to not-for-profit organisations, to overcome barriers to food redistribution and prevent surplus food from becoming waste.
  • Funding was awarded for the necessary equipment and infrastructure to undertake projects redistributing surplus food produced by food businesses to people who have a need.

Grants awarded

Four organisations across England were awarded funding for projects aiming to divert a total of 20,744 of surplus food from going to waste.

Grant recipient Location Grant value
The Bread and Butter Thing North West £403,945
City Harvest London £213,836
The Felix Project London £792,493
His Church East Midlands £549,095
  Total: £1,959,369